Even Present Day is Always Tougher in Russia

By Magdalena,Jason,and Jennifer

(Period 1)


This is Russia's present flag.
This is Russia's present flag.


It is a very large country that has many disadvantages and advantages.
Today Russia is a great place to visit; it is the home of many Russians.


Russia is still recovering from it's brutal past and old communist state. But did Russia make the right descions? In there old communist state everyone had jobs. Now switching to a free enterprise Russians are unemployed and suffering poverty. Luckily, the goverment provides them food.
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Present day Russia has a good amount of enviromental issues, as does their past. When they still had a communitst goverment, little did they care about the enviroment. They had factories that blew tons of dirty smoke in the air. This results as air pollution. Now they use use nuclear power plants, but they leave very dangerous by-products.
Russian factories giving out smoke
Russian factories giving out smoke
Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Power Plants

To top this all, Russia is definately becoming less and less healthy. The polluted air is making problems with the lungs increase, cancer, and lung diseases. Due to this the life expectancy is decreasing in Russia.
Life Expectancy in Russia
Life Expectancy in Russia

Russia is known to be home of many different ethnic groups. One of them Chechen. They have fought the Chechens in order to keep them part of Russia.
This shows Chechnya in Russia, as well as other countries
This shows Chechnya in Russia, as well as other countries
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Even though it has some disadvantages, there are also enjoyable things there like amazing food that is inexpensive. The food in Russia is delicious, there is crab meat salad, squid salad, and a large veriety of pies. One of the best things about it is that they have a more likely chance of winning a war. Because of the cold weather that they have they can "freeze" their enemies and force them to retreat, thus winning a war. A great advantage that Russia has is that it has better access to the places around it because of its size, making trade a lot better.

Here are some photos of present day Russia:

Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Present day Russian map
Present day Russian map
Suzdal, Russia in winter
Suzdal, Russia in winter
Russian Money
Russian Money
Russian Money
Russian Money